DNA tests finally solve the riddle of what happened to the last tsar's two children

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	DNA tests finally solve the riddle of what happened to the last tsar's two children

michellezm

1-25-2008 12:26 AM

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1-27-2008 1:14 AM

saan-kpa

Still no Anastasia, though...

2-7-2008 11:33 AM

hadtoomuch

I've heard of this sufuric acid treatment before. It seems to be a favorite of the Jesuits.

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Now DNA tests carried out on two sets of bones found in the Ural Mountains appear to have solved the riddle. 
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Forensic experts say initial results show the human remains belong to 13-year-old Crown Prince Alexei and his sister Princess Maria, 19.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=510037&in_page_id=1811"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/A144B4EC-7953-4282-9A50-D80919F642BA" alt="russian tsar" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=510037&in_page_id=1811"><P>Executed: Tsar Nicholas II and his family, with Maria and Alexei circled </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=510037&in_page_id=1811"><P>
The pair were shot on the orders of Lenin along with their father Nicholas II, the last tsar, their mother and three sisters in the year after the Russian Revolution. 
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